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Chapter 606 The Foundation of the Millennium Empire (Second Update, please subscribe)
How does the emperor's day begin?

There is no difference with ordinary people.

Get up, morning exercise.Then shower and have breakfast.

During breakfast, Emperor Zhu picked up the newspaper from the table as usual, and before the newspaper was delivered, he would carefully iron it with an iron.This is to ensure that the ink dries thoroughly and does not stain your hands while reading.Of course it also has a bactericidal effect.Newspapers are usually delivered with breakfast.You can't let Emperor Zhu play tricks while reading the newspaper while eating.

"Ten million!"

Seeing the big bold characters on the front page of the news, Emperor Zhu had a smug smile on his face.

"Ten million!"

This number is neither money nor things, but people!
On December 1872, 12, with the birth of a girl in Taiyuan (San Diego) Hospital, the population of Ming Dynasty... no, it should be said that the population of Chinese in the Ming Empire finally exceeded 1 million!
From 1870 million at the end of 600 to 1872 million at the end of 1000!
In just two years, the population of Ming Dynasty has almost doubled!
A full four million people have been added!
What kind of speed is this?

It is definitely an unprecedented population explosion. In fact, this is perfectly normal, because the immigrants in Ming Dynasty are basically young and middle-aged!

It is not easy for millions of young and middle-aged adults to give birth to millions of children a year as long as the sex ratio is appropriate.

Moreover, there is an influx of [-] to [-] immigrants every year, which is simply not normal!

"Next year's newborn population should exceed 200 million!"

Emperor Zhu calculated with some complacency.

"The newborn population is 200 million, and then add 70 to 80 immigrants. Well, it will reach 1300 million next year, almost surpassing Brazil in terms of population. That is to say, by 1876, it will almost exceed 2000. All in all..."

2000 million people!
This population refers specifically to Chinese descent!
By that time, the so-called mixed races of European descent and European Indian descent will become a real minority in Daming, and by then, this land will really become the land of China!
"Ten million, twenty million, thirty million..."

Emperor Zhu, who was in a good mood, took a sip of milk and couldn't help but imagine the near future!

This speed is very fast. After all, the immigrants of Ming Dynasty are basically young and middle-aged!

As long as...Suddenly, Emperor Zhu's face changed, and he stared at the newspaper and shouted.

"Shameless!"

Suddenly slapping the newspaper, Emperor Zhu said in a deep voice.

"Go, shout..."

Who are you calling?
Zhu Dahuang was a little dazed. He suddenly realized one thing—there was no Ministry of Labor in Ming Dynasty, and of course there was no so-called labor welfare.

Does Daming have worker benefits?

It seems... Maybe, yes... It seems, not yet... Really not.

"It's really lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot!"

Emperor Zhu took a sip of his tea in a depressed mood. The tea was Xingong tea, but it tasted bitter and astringent in his mouth.

"It seems that I have never considered the issue of workers' retirement... Oh my God! Daming has millions of workers everywhere. If they don't have pensions, who will give them pensions when they lose their labor power? ...absolutely an unimaginable disaster!"

Faced with His Majesty's annoyance, Zuo Zongtang started to mutter in his heart. He had never heard of that country when he was in Europe. There is a pension for workers.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there are no other countries."

What Zuo Zongtang said is indeed true. Which country was the first to establish employee pension insurance in the world?
It was Germany, it was Bismarck, and the pension insurance system during the Bismarck period was the first in the world to provide universal social security to laborers in a legal way.But that had to wait until 1889, that is, sixteen years later, before Bismarck led the promulgation of the "Disability and Old Age Insurance Act".

Before that, workers around the world had few benefits.

"Other countries don't have it, but it doesn't mean we can do it!"

Emperor Zhu shook his head and said.

"Not only medical care, but also pension, and work-related injury insurance... Just like Zhang Dachun, such an honest worker, and he was also rated as a "labor model" in the factory. After losing his labor force, he was fired. Except! Zuoxiang, this seems normal, but this kind of normality is precisely the most abnormal place, because this is the injury at work, shouldn’t the company be responsible?”

When mentioning Zhang Dachun's dismissal, Zhu Xianhai's tone was still full of anger. Although he was very clear about the face of capitalists, such a face still made him a little unacceptable.

"I ignored it!"

When mentioning this sentence, Zhu Xianhai's tone was heavy, because besides Zhang Dachun, how many Zhang Dachun were there?

"In the past, when we were in Nanhua, the company arranged an idle job for workers with work-related injuries, such as simple jobs such as guarding the gate or warehouse management, which were basically half-supported, but these years there is more than one company! There are so many non-governmental enterprises, and our corresponding laws and regulations have not been established until now, this is simply...a crime!"

"Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, after all, there is no precedent for this matter."

Zuo Zongtang's persuasion seemed reasonable, but Zhu Xianhai still smiled wryly.

"You don't understand, Prime Minister Zuo..."

After all, Emperor Zhu was a time traveler from later generations, how could he not know about social insurance?

Uh... It seems that he only bought one medical insurance. It seems that he has never bought endowment insurance!

"If Daming wants to have a real future, it must establish a social insurance system that covers everyone,"

After thinking about it, Emperor Zhu thought of Bismarck's words.

"Social Security is an investment in the eradication of revolutions. A man who expects a pension is the most conscientious and the easiest to govern. Social Security is an investment in the elimination of revolutions. Just give healthy workers labor rights, Guarantee that he will be healed for his illness and taken care of for his old age, then... I dare say that this empire will definitely become a real thousand-year empire."

Why wait for Bismarck to start, some things, Bismarck and others are forced to do it because of the social crisis, of course Daming can wait, but why can’t Da Ming be the pioneer of this cause?

And the most important thing to start this business is to provide an extremely stable foundation for the future of the empire.This stable social foundation cannot be bought with money, and it is also a manifestation of social progress.

"What Your Majesty said is very true. The reason why my civil servants in Ming Dynasty dare not be greedy and accept bribes is firstly because the salary itself is very high, and secondly because of strict supervision and generous pensions. Don't dare to be greedy..."

Before he finished speaking, Zuo Zongtang suddenly stopped, and he found that His Majesty's face seemed really ugly.

Isn't it ugly!
Because the pension was proposed by Emperor Zhu himself at the beginning, isn't this an exposing of the scars!
This is the right butt to decide the head, to deal with the problem from the perspective of the ruler.

Now it's hard to say anything and ignore it.It's just that I didn't think about it at all.

Although his face was ugly, after pondering for a moment, Zhu Xianhai still said.

"Left Prime Minister, the cabinet should study it and find a way to formulate a bill to ensure that our sick people can be treated, and the elderly can be cared for!"

(End of this chapter)